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When you’re an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.

Darren Criss

I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.
DARREN CRISS

Badass Being People Yourself
I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.
DARREN CRISS

Mean Someday Theater
As long as it’s live, it’s the best because there’s sort of an immediacy to connection between an audience and a performer, whereas where you do film or television, you’re at the whim of so many different forces.
DARREN CRISS

Connection Different Long Performer
As a composer and as a musician I’m a true believer – and this is not to be overly diplomatic – I’m a believer that there’s artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There’s art in absolutely everything.
DARREN CRISS

Art Musician Symphony
I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.
DARREN CRISS

Concepts Fairytale Stories
My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.
DARREN CRISS

Biggest Inanimate Objects
There’s not a damn thing that I do on my own that’s not for my fans or for people that have supported me. So, I don’t really care about my agenda, I wanna be on yours.
DARREN CRISS

Agenda Fans People
Sometimes I pretend to be an octopus. But then people are like ‘Darren what’re you doing?’ And I just sit there and laugh because they’re not cool enough to be an octopus and I’m just like ‘Hah you’re just jealous because you’re not an octopus.’
DARREN CRISS

Enough Jealous Octopus People
I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I’m happy when I land on the roof.
DARREN CRISS

Always Land Moon Roof
I would be the worst president in the history of the United States. Unless you want the apocalypse to happen really soon then yes, I’ll run for president.
DARREN CRISS

President Running United States
I mean, come on, Beyonce’s the queen of pop music. She’s the queen. If you could run for queen… I would put her name in the suggestion box. She’s incredible.
DARREN CRISS

Incredible Mean Queens Running
I’ve been lucky enough to work with the amazing Golden Globe Award winning Chris Colfer and that is fantastic. I get to work with him on a day-to-day basis and he is such a generous talent.
DARREN CRISS

Character Enough Fantastic Fun Lucky Winning
The first time you do anything, people always take a minute to try to figure it out, but once you witness it in person, the word starts to spread and it gains momentum year after year.
DARREN CRISS

People Trying Years
No one’s tried to stab me. That’s cool. I enjoy not being stabbed.
DARREN CRISS

Cool Enjoy Stab
I’m super annoying, I’m the kind of guy that if there’s no recycling bins around I hoard plastic bottles, put them in my bag and I bring them home. If I can afford it I want to put solar panels in.
DARREN CRISS

Bags Guy Home
When you’re an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.
DARREN CRISS

Artist Expect Nothing

When you’re an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.

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